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Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

Dr. James Cooke

Show • 213 episodes

Join neuroscientist Dr. James Cooke as he explores consciousness, science and spirituality with scientists, philosophers, spiritual practitioners and key figures in the psychedelic renaissance.

Ecospirituality and the philosophy of the climate crisis with Rupert Read | Living Mirrors #151Episode • Aug 19

Healing our trauma culture with Manda Scott | Living Mirrors #150Episode • Aug 4

Staying small and hiding from yourself | Nonduality - James Cooke, London, June 2025Episode • Jul 31

Grief and soul activism with Francis Weller | Living Mirrors #149Episode • Jul 22

Embodied Nonduality & The Deepest Letting Go, with John Prendergast | Living Mirrors #148Episode • Jul 8

There isn't a problem | Nonduality - James Cooke, London, June 2025Episode • Jul 1

The Gradual and Direct Paths of Awakening with Stephen Snyder | Living Mirrors #147Episode • Jun 18

AMA: How does the concept of Self in Internal Family Systems (IFS) relate to awakening?Episode • Jun 2

James Cooke live at Totnes Consciousness Cafe: Nondual Naturalism & the Unity of Life & ConsciousnessEpisode • May 22

Ecodharma with David Loy | Living Mirrors #146Episode • May 5

Daniel Ingram & James Cooke discuss No Self and the Role of Interpretations in the Mind | Living Mirrors #145Episode • Apr 23

AMA: Abiding vs. Non-Abiding AwakeningEpisode • Apr 2

When the self comes to an end, with Viivi Jokela | Living Mirrors #144Episode • Mar 19

Trauma, Tyranny, & the Role of Bystanders in Permitting Injustice - Judith Herman | Living Mirrors #143Episode • Mar 3

Zen & Awakening with Henry Shukman | Living Mirrors #142Episode • Feb 19

Karl Friston on Consciousness & The Dawn of Mind | Living Mirrors #141Episode • Feb 3

James Cooke discusses Nondual Naturalism on the Weekend University podcast with Naill McKeeverEpisode • Jan 24

Erik Ireland on awakening and the hero’s journey | Living Mirrors #140Episode • Jan 17

James Cooke discusses The Dawn of Mind on the Trip Report podcast with Zach HaigneyEpisode • Jan 10

AMA: Cosmic creativity, Aubrey Plaza’s Stroke & Different Functions of the SelfEpisode • Jan 7

Omid Safi on Radical Love and Sufism | Living Mirrors #139Episode • Jan 2

The Dawn of Mind audiobook now available!Episode • Dec 27, 2024

Prof. Dan Siegel on Science, Spirituality, & Intraconnection | Living Mirrors #138Episode • Dec 20, 2024

Shamil Chandaria and James Cooke on The Dawn of Mind, Consciousness & Awakening | LivingMirrors #137Episode • Dec 11, 2024

The Dawn of Mind Official Book Launch Livestream!Episode • Dec 4, 2024

Richard Doyle on The Dawn of Mind & the transformation of collective ego | Living Mirrors #136Episode • Nov 27, 2024

Kaira Jewel Lingo on Engaged Buddhism & monastic life at Plum Village | Living Mirrors #135Episode • Nov 20, 2024

James Cooke discusses Psychedelics and The Dawn of Mind on the Psychedelic Conversations podcast with Susan GunerEpisode • Nov 12, 2024

James Cooke discusses The Dawn of Mind on Illumine Life's Idea CastEpisode • Nov 5, 2024

Graham Priest on the Philosophy of Nothingness, Everything, and Paradox | Living Mirrors #134Episode • Oct 29, 2024

The Dawn of Mind: How Matter Became Conscious and Alive | Official Book TrailerEpisode • Oct 21, 2024

The Computational Architecture of Consciousness with Shamil Chandaria | Living Mirrors #133Episode • Oct 16, 2024

James Cooke interviewed on awakening & The Dawn of Mind on the Mastering Thought podcastEpisode • Oct 8, 2024

AMA: Fear of awakening, ego & trauma, + balancing surrender with proactively doing inner work.Episode • Oct 4, 2024

Wystan Bryant-Scott on Awakening, Meditation, and Ending Suffering | Living Mirrors #132Episode • Oct 2, 2024

James Cooke discusses awakening on the Conscious Perspective podcast with Gary Lee HaskinsEpisode • Sep 17, 2024

Realization Practice 4 - BEATS belief practice | Inner Space Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 13, 2024

Realization Practice 3 - Surrendered Inquiry | Inner Space Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 12, 2024

Realization Practice 2 - Experiential Opening | Inner Space Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 11, 2024

Realization Practice 1 - Recursive Experiential Acceptance | Inner Space Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 10, 2024

Clarifying Awakening - Nondual Realization following Awakening | Inner Space Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 9, 2024

Awakening Practice 6 - Experiential Opening | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 8, 2024

Awakening Practice 5 - Self Inquiry | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 7, 2024

Awakening Practice 4 - Non-Meditation | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 6, 2024

Awakening Practice 3 - Choiceless Awareness Meditation | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 5, 2024

Awakening Practice 2 - Subject-Object Inquiry | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 4, 2024

Awakening Practice 1 - Nondual Awareness Meditation | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 3, 2024

Mindfulness Practice 4 - Body Scan Meditation | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 2, 2024

Mindfulness Practice 3 - Mindfulness Without Effort | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Sep 1, 2024

Mindfulness Practice 2 - Essential Mindfulness | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Aug 31, 2024

Mindfulness Practice 1 - Anchoring Attention | Inner Space Institute Nonduality EssentialsEpisode • Aug 30, 2024

Introduction to Essential Awakening & Nonduality practices from InnerSpaceInstitute.orgEpisode • Aug 29, 2024

Inner Space Institute membership and free Essential Awakening & Nonduality course now available!Episode • Aug 28, 2024

AMA: The Science of Déjà vu, The UK Race Riots and LSD & The Mind of the Universe by Chris BacheEpisode • Aug 25, 2024

James Cooke discusses The Dawn of Mind on the Natural Awakening podcast with Wystan Bryant-ScottEpisode • Aug 13, 2024

The Dawn of Mind, available for pre-order now! Discover how matter became conscious and aliveEpisode • Jul 30, 2024

From addiction to awakening with Paul Hedderman | Living Mirrors #131Episode • Jul 23, 2024

AMA: Integrating shame + inner work & parentingEpisode • Jul 16, 2024

Complexity, Cognition & AI with Inês Hipólito | Living Mirrors #130Episode • Jul 5, 2024

Brooke Lavelle: Engaged spirituality for transforming self and world | Living Mirrors #129Episode • Jun 21, 2024

AMA: Inner Space Institute & retreat update, living life well, idealism, breathworkEpisode • Jun 16, 2024

Alexandre Christoyannopoulos on Christian Anarchism | Living Mirrors #128Episode • Jun 7, 2024

Graham Harvey on Animism | Living Mirrors #127Episode • May 24, 2024

AMA: Thoughts on the future, Mental causes of illness, Body-based psychotherapy, What happens after death?Episode • May 9, 2024

Willoughby Britton on when meditation causes harm | Living Mirrors #126Episode • Mar 2, 2024

Trauma Release Exercises for Awakening and Nondual Realization with Christina Guimond | Living Mirrors #125Episode • Feb 17, 2024

AMA: Fear of Death, Sources of Wisdom, Experiencing Fear in the BodyEpisode • Feb 2, 2024

Michael Levin on the intelligence of life| Living Mirrors #124Episode • Jan 30, 2024

The Genocide in Gaza & the Psychology of Denial | Living Mirrors #122Episode • Dec 31, 2023

AMA: Retribution, Climate Anxiety, the Freedom of No Free WillEpisode • Dec 22, 2023

Alicia Juarrero on emergence & causality as constraint | Living Mirrors #121Episode • Dec 15, 2023

Uncompromising Nonduality with Jim Newman | Living Mirrors #120Episode • Dec 1, 2023

AMA: The nature of thought, shadow work, love, & nondualityEpisode • Nov 27, 2023

Indy Johar on Technological Animism: Societal infrastructure for living beyond separation | Living Mirrors #119Episode • Nov 18, 2023

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Dawn of Mind: How Matter Became Conscious & Alive | Living mirrors #118Episode • Nov 3, 2023

AMA: Nondual Mindfulness & Body Scan Meditations for Emotion Work and IntegrationEpisode • Oct 27, 2023

A Neuropsychologist’s Exploration of Psychedelics with Andy Mitchell | Living Mirrors #117Episode • Oct 20, 2023

AMA: The nature of the self, Top 3 books, Culture as SoftwareEpisode • Sep 8, 2023

Rachel Nuwer on MDMA | Living Mirrors #116Episode • Jul 14, 2023

AMA: Music & psychedelics + Consciousness, evolution, & technologyEpisode • Jul 7, 2023

Neil Theise on connecting science and spirituality through complexity science | Living Mirrors #115Episode • Jun 30, 2023

Jared Seide on reweaving the social fabric through the practice of Council| Living Mirrors #114Episode • Jun 16, 2023

Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes on integrating philosophy and metaphysics into psychedelic therapy | Living Mirrors #113Episode • Jun 2, 2023

Psilocybin Access Rights campaign's Tara Austin and Timmy Davis | Living mirrors #112Episode • May 19, 2023

Bobby Azarian on the evolution of cosmic complexity | Living Mirrors #111Episode • May 5, 2023

Angelo Dilullo on awakening | Living Mirrors #110Episode • Apr 21, 2023

AMA: My metaphysics, Is the mind naturally enlightened & is reality made of love? + Terrence DeaconEpisode • Apr 14, 2023

Daniel Ingram on how mastering meditation changed his brain | Living Mirrors #109Episode • Apr 7, 2023

Malin Vedøy Uthaug on 5-MeO-DMT | Living Mirrors #108Episode • Mar 24, 2023

AMA: The mathematics of separation and unityEpisode • Mar 17, 2023

Staci Haines on the politics of trauma | Living Mirrors #107Episode • Mar 10, 2023

Shamil Chandaria on awakening & the Bayesian brain | Living Mirrors #106Episode • Feb 24, 2023

Innerspace Institute | Living Mirrors #105Episode • Feb 10, 2023

AMA: Somatics & talking publicly about traumatic eventsEpisode • Feb 9, 2023

Paco Calvo on plant intelligence & consciousness | Living Mirrors #104Episode • Jan 27, 2023

Duncan Trussell on DMT, ketamine, and the Bhakti yoga path of love | Living Mirrors #103Episode • Jan 11, 2023

AMA: fatherhood, wu wei, nondual intimacy, conscious subjects, & process philosophyEpisode • Jan 6, 2023

AMA: Love, Nonduality, Top-Down Causality, Ideas & Social Change, Podcasting Highlights, FastingEpisode • Nov 25, 2022

Podcast hiatus and schedule updateEpisode • Aug 29, 2022

Dr. Rosalind Watts on mechanisms of psychedelic therapy: acceptance, connection, and embodiment | Living Mirrors #102Episode • Aug 5, 2022

AMA: Fear of death, wearables, healing in traumatic environments, bitcoin, & procrastinationEpisode • Aug 4, 2022

Tony Nader on Transcendental Meditation and Vedic philosophy | Living Mirrors #101Episode • Jul 22, 2022

My entire worldview | Living Mirrors #100Episode • Jul 15, 2022

David Nichols - the pharmacologist behind the psychedelic renaissance | Living Mirrors #99Episode • Jul 8, 2022

AMA: Marxism, Ayahuasca & Anxiety around trying psychedelicsEpisode • Jul 5, 2022

Is Google's LaMDA AI conscious? | Living Mirrors #98Episode • Jul 2, 2022

Suspended engineer on why Google’s LaMDA AI is conscious with Blake Lemoine | Living Mirrors #97Episode • Jun 23, 2022

Integrating nondual insight into one’s life | Living Mirrors #96Episode • Jun 10, 2022

Second dialogue with Richard Doyle on nonduality and personal & societal transformation | Living Mirrors #95Episode • May 28, 2022

AMA: Wonder & Curiosity vs. Guilt & ShameEpisode • May 24, 2022

Loch Kelly on Effortless Mindfulness, nonduality & Mahamudra | Living Mirrors #94Episode • May 20, 2022

Evan Thompson on the philosophy of biopsychism | Living Mirrors #93Episode • May 6, 2022

AMA: The neurobiology of trauma & the ethics of obtaining illegal drugsEpisode • May 4, 2022

Rick Hanson on meditation and the brain | Living Mirrors #92Episode • Apr 29, 2022

James Maffie on Aztec philosophy & nondual metaphysics | Living Mirrors #91Episode • Apr 21, 2022

David Nutt on the harms and benefits of alcohol, cannabis & psychedelics | Living Mirrors #90Episode • Apr 15, 2022

AMA: Martial arts, boxing & brain injuryEpisode • Apr 14, 2022

Liz Carlisle on regenerative agriculture | Living Mirrors #89Episode • Apr 7, 2022

Richard Doyle on Ecodelia & the Evolution of the Noösphere | Living Mirrors #88Episode • Apr 1, 2022

Keith Frankish on consciousness as an illusion | Living Mirrors #87Episode • Mar 25, 2022

AMA: The psychology of moneyEpisode • Mar 24, 2022

Mark Vernon on mysticism in Christianity | Living Mirrors #86Episode • Mar 18, 2022

The war in Ukraine and building a global culture of peace | Living Mirrors #85Episode • Mar 11, 2022

AMA: Dealing with anxiety around the news from Ukraine & pivotal mental states induced by DMTEpisode • Mar 7, 2022

Richard Lang on having no head | Living Mirrors #84Episode • Mar 4, 2022

Sam Gandy on psychedelics and nature connection | Living Mirrors #83Episode • Feb 25, 2022

Psychological attractors & the future of humanity | Living Mirrors #82Episode • Feb 18, 2022

AMA: The legitimacy of psychoanalysis & neurological risks from psychedelicsEpisode • Feb 11, 2022

Antonio Damasio on consciousness, feeling & homeostasis | Living Mirrors #81Episode • Feb 4, 2022

Chris Letheby on naturalistic psychedelic philosophy | Living Mirrors #80Episode • Jan 29, 2022

AMA: Jordan Peterson, “supernatural” psychedelic experiences, Seasonal Affective DisorderEpisode • Jan 24, 2022

Peter McCoy on Radical Mycology | Living Mirrors #79Episode • Jan 19, 2022

Unaccountability and the Collective Shadow | Living Mirrors #78Episode • Jan 12, 2022

AMA: The ocean of suffering, meditation advice, alcohol, OCD & psychedelic integrationEpisode • Jan 5, 2022

AMA: the origins of collective trauma, panpsychism, the ayahuasca experience, the therapeutic potential of different psychedelicsEpisode • Dec 22, 2021

Philip Goff on panpsychism | Living Mirrors #77Episode • Dec 15, 2021

AMA: My psychedelic healing, trip sitting advice, the neuroscience of dreaming & cannabis paranoiaEpisode • Dec 9, 2021

Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes on the philosophy of the psychedelic experience | Living Mirrors #76Episode • Dec 8, 2021

Order & disorder | Living mirrors #75Episode • Dec 1, 2021

Chris Timmermann on a contemplative & scientific approach to the DMT experience | Living Mirrors #74Episode • Nov 24, 2021

AMA: Depression, ayahuasca, understanding our motivations, self care & helping othersEpisode • Nov 23, 2021

Sarah Rose Siskind on comedy, psychedelics & science | Living Mirrors #73Episode • Nov 17, 2021

Darren Le Baron on psilocybin mushrooms, horticulture & permaculture | Living Mirrors #72Episode • Nov 10, 2021

Absolute perspectives and the overview effect | Living Mirrors #71Episode • Oct 27, 2021

Ruth Kinna on Anarchism | Living Mirrors #70Episode • Oct 13, 2021

Matt Segall on the pan-experientialist process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead | Living Mirrors #69Episode • Oct 6, 2021

James Hollis on the psychology of men | Living Mirrors #68Episode • Sep 29, 2021

Andy Letcher on Deep ecology, Animism & Dark Green Religion | Living Mirrors #67Episode • Sep 22, 2021

5-MeO-DMT & NN-DMT | Living Mirrors #66Episode • Sep 15, 2021

Mellody Hayes on individual and societal transformation | Living Mirrors #65Episode • Sep 8, 2021

David Berceli on recovering from trauma through tremoring | Living Mirrors #64Episode • Sep 1, 2021

Mike Jay on Mescaline | Living Mirrors #63Episode • Aug 11, 2021

Bia Labate on global psychedelic culture & ayahuasca | Living Mirrors #62Episode • Aug 4, 2021

My approach to psychedelic healing | Living Mirrors #61Episode • Jul 28, 2021

Anil Seth on the neuroscience of consciousness | Living Mirrors #60Episode • Jul 21, 2021

Gay Hendricks on growing through self love, breathing and conscious loving | Living Mirrors #59Episode • Jul 14, 2021

Karl Friston on the Free Energy Principle, consciousness & psychedelics | Living Mirrors #57Episode • Jul 4, 2021

Mental health and existential stress | Living Mirrors #56Episode • Jun 23, 2021

Jussi Jylkkä on the concrete and ineffable nature of consciousness | Living Mirrors #55Episode • Jun 9, 2021

Amanda Feilding on psychedelic research | Living Mirrors #53Episode • Jun 2, 2021

Graham Pechenik on psychedelic intellectual property & patenting | Living Mirrors #52Episode • May 26, 2021

Why isn't enlightenment easy? | Living Mirrors #51Episode • May 19, 2021

Ari Brouwer on pivotal mental states & the neurobiology of psychological transformation | Living Mirrors #51Episode • May 12, 2021

John Butler on spirituality, nature & Christian mysticism | Living Mirrors #50Episode • May 5, 2021

Christopher Ryan on the price of civilization | Living Mirrors #49Episode • Apr 28, 2021

Sara Reed on ketamine & equity in psychedelic psychotherapy | Living Mirrors #48Episode • Apr 21, 2021

Naturalistic spirituality | Living Mirrors #47Episode • Apr 14, 2021

Michael Pollan on the psychedelic renaissance & our relationship with nature | Living Mirrors #46Episode • Apr 7, 2021

Richard Oerton on the harmful myth of free will | Living Mirrors #45Episode • Mar 31, 2021

James W. Jesso on healing depression with psilocybin mushrooms | Living Mirrors #44Episode • Mar 25, 2021

Sebene Selassie on belonging | Living Mirrors #43Episode • Mar 17, 2021

Is spirituality necessary for the human race? | Living Mirrors #42Episode • Mar 10, 2021

Daniele Bolelli on Taoism | Living Mirrors #41Episode • Mar 3, 2021

Rick Strassman on DMT: the spirit molecule | Living Mirrors #40Episode • Feb 24, 2021

Ayahuasca with Wiler Noriega Rodriguez & Tamara Garriga of Ayahuasca Spirit | Living Mirrors #32Episode • Feb 17, 2021

Sasha Sisko on the legal history of psychedelics and religious freedom | Living Mirrors #38Episode • Feb 10, 2021

W. Keith Campbell on narcissism, the ego & the psychology of personality | Living Mirrors #37Episode • Feb 3, 2021

Shinzen Young on connecting Buddhism, shamanism & science | Living Mirrors #36Episode • Jan 27, 2021

Sharon Salzberg on the transformative power of love & mindfulness | Living Mirrors #35Episode • Jan 21, 2021

Rob from Adeptus Psychonautica on DMT, Psychedelic education & responsible use |Living Mirrors #34Episode • Jan 13, 2021

Suffering in society, domination & the US Capitol siege | Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke #33Episode • Jan 9, 2021

Marcela Ot’alora on using MDMA to heal trauma | Living Mirrors #32Episode • Jan 6, 2021

End of 2020 reflections | Living Mirrors #31Episode • Dec 31, 2020

Lawrence Millman on Arctic Mushroom Shamanism and Santa Claus | Living Mirrors #30Episode • Dec 23, 2020

Jerry B Brown on psychoactive mushrooms in Christian art | Living Mirrors #29Episode • Dec 16, 2020

Joseph Goldstein on vipassana & the experience of insight into the mind | Living Mirrors #28Episode • Dec 9, 2020

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz on Jewish mysticism & the value of psychedelics | Living Mirrors #27Episode • Dec 2, 2020

Charles Eisenstein on human civilization & the story of separation | Living Mirrors #26Episode • Nov 25, 2020

Rupert Spira on Advaita Vedanta & the non-dual nature of mind and reality | Living Mirrors #25Episode • Nov 18, 2020

Michelle Baker Jones on psychedelic psychotherapy and psilocybin as a treatment for depression | Living Mirrors #24Episode • Nov 11, 2020

Brian Muraresku on whether the ancient Greeks and early Christians consumed a psychedelic sacrament | Living Mirrors #23Episode • Nov 4, 2020

B. Alan Wallace on Dzogchen teachings & the contemplative science of the mind | Living Mirrors #22Episode • Oct 28, 2020

Fritjof Capra on the systems view of physics, life and the mind | Living Mirrors #21Episode • Oct 21, 2020

Françoise Bourzat on traditonal Mazatec psilocybin mushroom healing | Living Mirrors #20Episode • Oct 14, 2020

Dr. James Cooke on the place of consciousness in the natural world | Living Mirrors #19Episode • Oct 7, 2020

Dennis McKenna on the place of psilocybin & DMT in nature | Living Mirrors #18Episode • Sep 30, 2020

Bill Richards on psychedelic research, psilocybin & mystical experiences | Living Mirrors #17Episode • Sep 23, 2020

Gail Bradbrook of Extinction Rebellion on the climate & ecological crisis + psychedelics | Living Mirrors #16Episode • Sep 13, 2020

Erika Dyck on the origins and history of psychedelic psychiatry | Living Mirrors #15Episode • Sep 9, 2020

Robert Wright on understanding buddhist philosophy through evolutionary psychology | Living Mirrors #14Episode • Sep 2, 2020

Ex-police officer on his psychedelic therapy and the psychology of policing | Living Mirrors #13Episode • Aug 26, 2020

Shamash Alidina on mindfulness meditation, enlightenment and self-compassion | Living Mirrors #12Episode • Aug 19, 2020

Dr. James Cooke on interdependence & separation | Living Mirrors #11Episode • Aug 12, 2020

Bernardo Kastrup on a consciousness-only view of reality & psychedelic science | Living Mirrors #10Episode • Aug 5, 2020

Hoffman & Koch’s takes on consciousness, intelligence & shared DMT experiences AMA | Living Mirrors #9Episode • Jul 29, 2020

Christof Koch on the neuroscience of consciousness, Integrated Information Theory & mystical experiences | Living Mirrors #8Episode • Jul 21, 2020

The self, suffering, non-dual awareness, dissociation, tulpas & transpersonal love | Living Mirrors #7Episode • Jul 15, 2020

Donald Hoffman on reality, consciousness, meditation, DMT experiences & free will | Living Mirrors #6Episode • Jul 14, 2020

Nested consciousnesses, proto-consciousness and ketamine induced brain death in sheep AMA | Living mirrors #5Episode • Jul 14, 2020

John Horgan on mind-body problems, the limits of science, rational mysticism & psychedelics | LM#4Episode • Jun 24, 2020

Key points of the Living Mirror Theory of consciousness with Dr. James Cooke | Living Mirrors #3Episode • Jun 21, 2020

The Living Mirror Theory of consciousness with Dr. James Cooke | Living Mirrors #2Episode • Jun 17, 2020

Introducing Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke | Living Mirrors #1Episode • Jun 7, 2020

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